Thursday, January 11, 2018

"Understanding what Blockchain, Distributed Ledger and Cryptocurrency technologies are, is of immediate importance to everyone on the planet, from Astana to Ankara. These powerful technologies, although still in their infancy, appear to be purposed by some benevolent powers for positively transforming life for everyone on the planet."

Sunday, March 12, 2017

When I was 18 and a university
freshman, one afternoon while I walking, I was pulled out of my body
into space. What I perceived to be a wise, protective, male energy
immediately called my name, and told me he was going to take me on a
very important journey that I must not forget. Although I had never
encountered anything like this, I had no fear. In fact, I was
somewhat exhilarated and curious about what I was going to learn from
this presence or being.

My vision began, accompanied by a
presence on my left side, that had apparently pulled me out of my
body, and was taking me into a sea of vast blackness, as we flew
through what I guessed was space, until I could see our planet Earth
appearing and then getting larger as we moved closer to it. We
started flying counter-clockwise around our planet. It was a majestic
sight to behold. I could see the continents, the blue oceans and all
the details of our planet.

Non-verbally, my teacher began to
tell me a story about enormous ancient iron chain links both of Earth
and celestial origin, that were disassembled and scattered and laying
deeply buried all over the planet. As we flew eastward, we would
pause over certain areas. I was told that these areas would have
special importance because there more more links buried in these
areas, although my impression was that they were all over the planet.
We flew around the Earth, as well as I can remember, 3 or 4 times.
(My guess is that the circling of the Earth refers to the passage of
very long period of time, from when the links were first buried
“underground” until whatever it was that was so important for me
to be told by this being to remember, would occur).

Midway
through our flight around the Planet Earth, the instructive presence
told me that these ancient links would start to “wake up” and
become strongly magnetic. The magnetic force of attraction would be
so powerful that no matter where they were, they would begin to move,
and pull toward each other, and the force would pull them out of the
Earth into the air and light where they would begin to link together.
That was all that I was told and shown at that point in my
vision.

But then, at once, I was taken further away from the
Earth, out into space. The Earth appeared smaller, but still vivid
and full of color. From that view, I was shown a beautiful, luminous
Earth with an enormous glistening, golden chain encircling its
perimeter. An invisible force then took both sides of the chain and
wrapped the chain around the Earth’s girth and pulled strongly from
both sides of the equator until it was squeezed inward like a belt
tightening around a human’s waist. And there was a lot of squeeze!
It wasn’t just a tightening. Then, as suddenly as I had been taken
out into space to see the Golden Chain, we flew back while the
presence said, “Madison, remember this. Don’t forget.” I found
myself still walking. I had no idea how long I had been walking while
my “I” had been out in space.

Although the teacher gave me
no interpretation of anything I saw other than what I have written,
my own intuitive sense told me that the squeezing of the Earth had
something to do with a time in our future when heavenly beings would
reassemble and awaken, and acting as agents of the Light -- sons and
daughters of God, or whatever you wish to call the Universal
Intelligence behind the Light -- would help with the rising of
humanity, to finally end the plagues of endless corruption and
injustice, and establish true justice, equity, and security - not
through force, but through Love and the pouring out of knowledge.

We, the Human race live in a universe of limitless abundance, breathtaking beauty and mind-elevating, mysterious order, and yet for thousands of years we have been caught in a mire of continual struggle between two extremes: that for our bare survival, always feeling like we’re being pulled toward the zero point of our own extinction, or of the necessity to earn enough money to pay tuition for a university degree, to earn a trade, or start a business quickly enough, to enjoy what life has to offer while our heart is still beating. Most of humanity’s struggles now and in the past can be attributed to our level of maturity, evolution and knowledge. Our ancestors fought for their survival as they knew best.

The time is very near when all people throughout our planet, including our kin who inhabit the forests, the prairies, the mountains and the oceans, will be able to live in a state of tranquility and security. Soon, we are going to heal our Earth, and heal humanity of its pain and sorrow. Soon, greed, hatred, violence and war are going to pass away forever.

There have been buried and scattered throughout our planet for millennia, “iron” links to an ancient Chain whose origin is celestial. These ancient links represent latent human soul qualities that will appear at the time when the dark and painful period of civilization as we know is nearing its end. But the end is only the beginning of a new great cycle where human civilization will find itself finally lifted out of the shadows of its difficult and painful past, into the age of Illumination. Souls will arise. Incredible human beings, spread throughout our planet, guided by the Light from the moment they were born, whose very existence, purpose and happiness will be to help humanity fulfill its highest potential, will “magnetically” attract each other, and begin to link to form a Golden Chain that will encircle the Earth with true justice and equity, pour out knowledge and help initiate the healing of our species and planet. They are servants of Light. They are the bringers of the Age of Illumination, that will never, ever again be followed by darkness and sorrow. War and poverty are going to pass from human history.

“The Age of War swiftly nears its end, as did Bronze, Iron, Medieval, and Modern. Soon the age of Illuminatiam will begin.” ~Illuminatiam: The First Testament of the Illuminati

The dark shadow of injustice and cruelty from our past, will be replaced by true Justice and Equity for all beings. The mutilation of our biosphere, wholesale trashing of our environment causing the annihilation of entire species and threatening humans, will be replaced by a new beginning of planetary restoration and healing. The relentless threatening of billions of human beings and other lifeforms by military conflicts and poisonous weapons of mass destruction will stop. The various military worldwide will be transformed into global peace keeper forces, first response forces in case of natural disasters, and civilization infrastructure builders. And finally, new science and technologies that are currently unknown will revolutionize life on our planet, and give birth to an enlightened global economy.

Be very optimistic, and don’t give up your hope, my dear brothers and sisters. Do everything you can possibly do now to expand goodness and preserve and build upon the order and structures of civilization that serve us well, even though our world is still partially broken and we suffer from so much violence, material and spiritual scarcity. Abandon all forms of prejudices and limited thinking and see with the eye of oneness. Always align yourselves with the sacred Light. Ask the Light to operate through you, expand your vision, and transmute your mind and heart into pure gold. It will happen, if you strongly desire it. If all you can do is survive and with heart and soul, follow the Light, you will be led in the right direction, and to the right company.

*Although this information refers back to a vision I experienced while a freshman in college, it arises from inspiration deeply rooted in my own psyche, from my life's relationship to the Infinite. It is the very reason why I am extremely optimistic about humanity's future.

Sunday, March 5, 2017

"What is needed to
maintain the stability of global civilization is the moderation of
Islam... [Indonesia and Saudi Arabia] have come to an
understanding that we would prioritize the promotion of Islam as
rahmatan lil alamin [blessing for the universe]."

~Lukman Hakim
Saifudin, Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs

by Haeril Halim, Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Margareth S. Aritonang

For decades Wahhabism, the strict strain of Islam that promotes a literal interpretation of the Quran, has been Saudi Arabia’s predominant faith, and since the 1970s the oil-rich kingdom has been generous in sending funds to other Muslim countries to promote this conservative version of Islam.

Now that Wahhabism has been linked with radicalism and even terrorism, the Saudi government has stepped up its campaign to counter that perception and the state visit of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to Indonesia, where religious conservatism has gained ground alongside frequent terrorist attacks, was part of the public relations campaign. After dealing with business on the first day of his visit, King Salman on Thursday kicked off his charm offensive in a speech during a 30-minute special session at the House of Representatives, calling for a united front to deal with what he termed “a clash of civilizations” and terrorism.

“The challenges that the Muslim community and the world in general faces, like terrorism and the clash of civilizations and the lack of respect for a country’s sovereignty, require us to unite in dealing with these challenges,” the monarch said in his two-minute speech, which was interrupted by rounds of applause from members of the House and guests, including former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and former vice president Try Sutrisno.

Later in his meetings with leaders of the country’s major Islamic organizations, the octogenarian king promoted a tolerant version of Islam as the key in the fight against terrorism and radicalism.

Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifudin, who had organized the meeting, said Indonesia and Saudi Arabia agreed to promote a moderate version of Islam.

“The two countries have come to an understanding that we would prioritize the promotion of Islam as rahmatan lil alamin [blessing for the universe]. What is needed to maintain the stability of global civilization is the moderation of Islam,” said Lukman, who joined the 30-minute session at the State Palace on Wednesday. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attended.

During the session, three Muslim scholars were given the chance to speak directly to the monarch, including Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) chairman Maruf Amin, who issued an edict last year calling for the prosecution of Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahja Purnama for allegedly insulting the Quran.

Earlier on Wednesday, King Salman and President Jokowi witnessed the signing of 11 agreements, including one addressing the issue of transnational crimes and global extremism, radicalism and terrorism.

To further bolster its counterterrorism campaign, the Saudi government offered free haj trips for family members of personnel of the National Police’s counterterrorism squad Densus 88 who were killed while on duty.

To further burnish his credentials as a promoter of moderate Islam, King Salman is expected to hold an interfaith forum on Friday, shortly before departing for Brunei Darussalam.

Despite the visiting monarch’s pledge to join efforts to counter radicalism, the Saudi government continues to promote its conservative brand of Islam.

Saudi Arabia is likely to step up its campaign to spread its version of Islam as it plans to open new campuses of the Saudi-funded Islamic and Arabic College of Indonesia (LIPIA) in Makassar, Surabaya and Medan.

Currently, LIPIA only has a campus in Jakarta.

Students studying at LIPIA will pay no tuition fees, as they receive Saudi-funded scholarships. Students will also receive a monthly stipend while studying at the institute.

The college is known for graduating students ingrained with the conservative strain of Islam, including convicted terrorist Aman Abdurrahman, who has been known for his efforts to spread Islamic State (IS) movement propaganda.

Alongside the Indonesian Society for the Propagation of Islam (DDII), LIPIA has been the primary beneficiary of Saudi funding in the country.

Human rights groups have expressed concerns that conservative clerics in the country are promoting an agenda that conforms with the ideals of Wahabbism, including the call for the persecution of minority Muslim groups like Shiites and Ahmadiyah members.

In Malaysia, where the visiting Saudi monarch agreed to invest US$7 billion in an oil refinery, the daughter of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, Marina Mohamad, lashed out against what she called Arab colonialism.

Friday, February 24, 2017

All crises and disagreements among peoples, political parties, religions and national governments are temporary. There are numerous reasons for this. For one, because we have 7 billion different brains on the planet, it's only natural that we each perceive our universe in billions of different ways. We have different histories, different needs, and unavoidable differences in our paths of evolution. What is most important though, is that we raise our hearts and vision above all these temporary differences, and see that we are one incredibly amazing species, all connected. And we are blessed to be living on one beautiful, living planet. But it is only ONE planet. We all have the ability to see with the eye of oneness, and fully embrace the spirit of allowance. Our brothers and sisters can be different than we are, without any need for us to feelfear, rage and hatred. Seeing with the eye of oneness and living in the spirit of allowance, connects us to the great universal Love, and fills us with optimism. If we are detached from insisting that our religion, our holy book, our nation, our race, our political party, or our way is the best and only solution for our nation or the human race, we can find exhilaration in all forms of free speech; in protests for change; in criticism, because we know that the non-violent clash of differing opinions is giving us the opportunity to shed away what has become useless, and moving us closer to a better future. Honestly, do you really believe that any opinion, idea, belief or even scientific discovery, will be valid ten thousand years from now? How about a half a million years from now? If you believe in a god, do you really believe that a creator of universes and dimensional realities would endorse any Earth-based religion, or align itself with any political party or the ideology behind any ethnic struggle, when there are possibly trillions of populated worlds with their similar sets of struggles? Humans at their best, only dimly understand the reality of even a grain of sand on a beach. Be detached from everything except your quest for the infinite. Follow the Light. If we only allow the Light to guide our hearts, stop fearing, and release our insistence that the way forward must always rigidly conform to our current beliefs, we will succeed beyond our greatest and most wonderful dreams. ~Madison Reed

Friday, February 17, 2017

byMadison ReedWhy
is it that so many good people still remain silent about or make
excuses, that serve to keep propping up the enormous phenomenon of
failed, enormous religious cults that are all around us - those that "sound" holy
because they are able to use the names of humanity's great spiritual
teachers such as Muhammad or Jesus as their calling cards?

There is an old expression, "If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck." If any religion claims to represent an infinite, loving Creator, and fails to manifest that spirit in word and deed, why serve it?

It is the same Light that has inspired and guided humanity's greatest prophets and religious systems down through the ages; our scientists, philanthropists, artists, mystics, political leaders and economists. The Light is universal. It is all around us, through us, and in us. The "church" of Light has no favored religion, nation or race of people, needs no special building, doesn't require us to wear any special type of clothing, doesn't care who we love (only that we do love) and has no force that can divide it. It has no salvation plans that include a few and
cast out others. It serves, loves and protects all of humanity.

The glow from the approaching Age of Illuminatiam is already lighting up
our skies.The Day that shall not be followed by night again, is extremely close to us. Soon the human race will be relieved of much of its confusion,
hardship and sorrow, and universal peace, security and prosperity for all people will become firmly established.

Be very optimistic about the future. Our life purpose is to increase
kindness, prosperity and happiness, and to contribute in some way to the collective effort to build a grander and more beautiful global civilization. We will accomplish this and much more. Join us.*DISCLAIMER: This article is the expressed opinion of its author only, and is not intended in any way to represent the views of The Illuminati or any other organization.

Thursday, January 26, 2017

If
a sizeable number of Humans--and that includes a percentage of people
who head our religions, governments and corporate bodies--would begin
aligning themselves completely to the discovery of how to create
fulfilled and happy lives here on Earth--and
if they would make that their religion andtheir plan, and spread the new
knowledge throughout the world, in a very short period of time humanity couldbring about a new Earth civilization where every person would be free
and content, with enough resources to pursue their dreams. And I believe
the timefor doing that is now.I'd
like to express in another, visual way, my own inner yearning
about this sacred task we have at hand, through a beautiful Pinterest photo essay of children all
over the world called"Les Yeux des Enfant Autour du Monde":

How
can we not look at these beautiful children and not see ourselves in them? And not feel Love's fire and a sting that goes to the center of our hearts? We know that we must close the old cycle dominated by greed and scarcity; prejudice and war; ignorance and poverty. Working as individuals
and as a collective, we must take bold, historic action that leads to the
removal of all the false barriers to human progress that have been oppressing us from the beginning of our time on Earth. This isn't the
horse and buggy era. We're living in an age where interstellar travel
no longer sounds unrealistic; where time-travel, access to limitless
free energy, and cures for terrible diseases and radical expansion of
longevity are likely possibilities.

For millennia we
have been divided and sub-divided by numerous false prejudices that
have arrived always in the garb of holiness or patriotism; by social,
cultural and economic differences; by either having access to an
abundance of energy and knowledge or a lack of it, and by geographic
isolation.

Now is THE TIME, the portal is open for all humanity to
emerge from our former limitations that have caused so much sorrow. If
you really think about it, and are honest--haven't you been living in a
sad, moldy shack of conscious awareness for most of your life, in
comparison to what the Universe may have available for all of us to
receive? Kick down those walls and come into the sunshine.

We must begin peacefully demanding to our world leaders that this is the kind of new Earth civilization we want now. ~Madison Reed

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Go ahead and invite the chefs, the musicians and calligraphers; gather
the tea, the saffron, the fruits and sweet rice, the flowers and attar,
build the fires, and prepare the greatest feast for your nation. Hurry!
Fill beloved Iran with flowers; roses, hyacinth, jasmine. Plant
orchards of every variety of fruit like never before.

You've suffered
enough. Your land is going to be
healed. Your centuries of mourning will be over. The balm of true
loving Justice and divine Light IS GOING TO FLOW FROM YOUR NATION.

Assemble all your broken-hearted, your separated, your feared and
despised, and those who have almost lost every ray of hope, and get them
ready, because your Beloved is near.

Friday, January 6, 2017

"It's over." said Vice President Joe Biden to several members of the
Electoral College today who were reporting objections to the
certification of electoral vote results for their districts to a joint session of the U.S. Congress. Yes, it IS
over.

What I witnessed today seemed pretty shocking, and has caused me
to doubt what form of government is in place in the USA now, or who's
running our country.

Or perhaps a grand compromise has been struck to
avert a civil war and to protect the world's economy? Or maybe we have
in effect neutralized sharp and old political differences between the
USA and Russia, to move the world further away from the possibility of
the outbreak of WW3, closer to being able to work together for the
benefit of European and world security, or even to meet all of those
goals, plus strengthening our vital global order.

The world is a messy
place. We'll see what happens. Always ask, "Cui bono?"

Thursday, December 22, 2016

"St. Paul is the
only one to write about events chronologically. Even then, few facts
about Jesus are divulged. Paul’s Epistles rest on the “Heavenly Jesus,”
but never mention the living man. For such an important revolutionary
and religious figure, there are surprisingly no eyewitness counts."

An Orthodox Church in Belarus during Easter. Getty Images.

by Philip Perry

Christmas is a time of year where people are supposed to put aside
their differences and come together to celebrate in peace, love, and
understanding. Though few question the traditions of the season, many of
them predate Christianity in Europe. A lot was borrowed from the Norse
tradition of Yule—the celebration of the winter solstice. Others
originate with the Roman festival of Saturnalia. Ancient pagans brought pine branches into their houses, lit up the night with bonfires and candles, gave gifts, and burned the yule log.

Even Santa Claus comes from a variety of sources. Of course one of
them is St. Nicolaus of Turkey. But earlier renditions look far more
like the iconography associated with Odin or the Anglo-Saxon god, Woden.
Ancient proselytizers when converting the continent found it was much
easier if people could keep their traditions, and merely put a Christian
stamp on them. And that’s how these were incorporated into the season.
Some even question whether or not Jesus was born on December 25. The
Orthodox Church for example celebrates Christmas on January seventh, as
according to the Julian calendar which predates the Gregorian, a date they claim is more accurate.

Today more and more, historians and bloggers alike are questioning
whether the actual man called Jesus existed. Unfortunately, many of the
writings we do have are tainted, the authors being religious scholars or
atheists with an axe to grind. One important point is the lack of historical sources. In the bible, whole chunks of his life are missing. Jesus goes from age 12 to 30, without any word of what happened in-between.

Historians have measures in terms of a burden of proof. If an author
for instance is writing about a subject more than 100 years after it
occurred, it isn’t considered valid. Another important metric is the
validity of authorship. If the author cannot be clearly established, it
makes the record far less reliable.

What we do have are lots of sources completed several decades after the fact,
by authors of the gospels who wanted to promote the faith. The gospels
themselves are contradictory. For instance, they tell competing Easter
stories. Another problem, there aren’t any real names attached to many
of them, but rather an apostle’s who “signed off” on the manuscript.
There is also evidence that the gospels were heavily edited over the
years.

Some accounts of the Christmas story have no mention of the star or even the three wise men.

St. Paul is the only one to write about events chronologically. Even
then, few facts about Jesus are divulged. Paul’s Epistles rest on the
“Heavenly Jesus,” but never mention the living man. For such an
important revolutionary and religious figure, there are surprisingly no
eyewitness counts. And the writings we do have are biased. Roman
historians Josephus and Tacitus do make a few, scant remarks about his
life. But that was a century after Jesus’s time. So they may have
garnered their information from early Christians. And those threadbare
accounts are controversial too, since the manuscripts had been altered
over time by Christian scribes whose job it was to preserve them.

Today, several books approach the subject, including Zealot by Reza Aslan, Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed at All by David Fitzgerald, and How Jesus Became God by Bart Ehrman. Historian Richard Carrier in his 600 page monograph: On the Historicity of Jesus,
writes that the story may have derived from earlier semi-divine beings
from Near East myth, who were murdered by demons in the celestial realm.
This would develop over time into the gospels, he said. Another theory
is that Jesus was a historical figure who become mythicized later on.

Carrier believes the pieces added to the work of Josephus were done
by Christian scribes. In one particular passage, Carrier says that the
execution by Pilate of Jesus was obviously lifted from the Gospel of
Luke. Similar problems such as miscopying and misrepresentations are
found throughout Tacitus. So where do all the stories in the New
Testament derive? According to Carrier, Jesus may be as much a mythical
figure as Hercules or Oedipus.

Ehrman focuses on the lack of witnesses. “What sorts of things do
pagan authors from the time of Jesus have to say about him? Nothing. As
odd as it may seem, there is no mention of Jesus at all by any of his
pagan contemporaries. There are no birth records, no trial transcripts,
no death certificates; there are no expressions of interest, no heated
slanders, no passing references – nothing.”

According to universal archetypes, dying on a hill is a prerequisite for becoming a mythic hero.

The Rank-Raglan Mythotype is
a set of traits that heroes across cultures share. There are 22 of them
including a virgin birth, the audience knowing little to nothing about
his childhood, being the son of god, dying on a hilltop, and the
mysterious disappearance of his remains. Jesus meets 20 of the traits
total. In fact, no one else meets the hero archetype quite as well.

One biblical scholar holds an even more radical idea, that Jesus
story was an early form of psychological warfare to help quell a violent
insurgency. The Great Revolt against Rome occurred in 66 BCE. Fierce
Jewish warriors known as the Zealots won
two decisive victories early on. But Rome returned with 60,000 heavily
armed troops. What resulted was a bloody war of attrition that raged for
three decades.

Atwill contends that the Zealots were awaiting the arrival of a warrior messiah
to throw off the interlopers. Knowing this, the Roman court under Titus
Flavius decided to create their own, competing messiah who promoted
pacifism among the populous. According to Atwill, the story of Jesus was
taken from many sources, including the campaigns of a previous Caesar. Of course, there may very well have been a Rabbi Yeshua ben Yosef (as
would have been Jesus’s real name) who gathered a flock around his
teachings in the first century. Most antiquarians believe a real man
existed and became mythicized. But the historical record itself is thin.

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About Me

About Me:Born in West Virginia, USA, I've lived and traveled in many
different places all over the planet, and
experienced many cultures.
As a boy, I grew up within the Protestant Christian matrix, embraced the
Bahá'í Faith when I was 19, and spent the rest of my life learning about other religions
and belief systems. My life experience has led me to what I would call unity consciousness - where I view myself, fellow humans and all other beings as part of the same Universal Tree.

Like an eagle, if we fly above all the diverse differences that we have, we see the truer reality of oneness. Our
differences are in fact our strengths, adding to the richness and
overall collective knowledge and
wisdom of our diverse and rich human species.

Human civilization is on the verge of an explosive growth in enlightened
consciousness - a flowering
of the arts and sciences, an end to fear, hatred, scarcity, poverty,
disease, manipulation,
obfuscation, injustice, and warfare - like the flowering of a Lotus!